diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 29e4d3b..a357e2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,6 +136,55 @@ except TwythonError as e:
     print e
 ```
 
+#### Posting a Status with an Image
+```python
+from twython import Twython
+
+t = Twython(app_key, app_secret,
+            oauth_token, oauth_token_secret)
+
+# The file key that Twitter expects for updating a status with an image
+# is 'media', so 'media' will be apart of the params dict.
+
+# You can pass any object that has a read() function (like a StringIO object)
+# In case you wanted to resize it first or something!
+
+photo = open('/path/to/file/image.jpg', 'rb')
+t.update_status_with_media(media=photo, status='Check out my image!')
+```
+
+#### Posting a Status with an Editing Image  *(This example resizes an image)*
+```python
+from twython import Twython
+
+t = Twython(app_key, app_secret,
+            oauth_token, oauth_token_secret)
+
+# Like I said in the previous section, you can pass any object that has a
+# read() method
+
+# Assume you are working with a JPEG
+
+from PIL import Image
+from StringIO import StringIO
+
+photo = Image.open('/path/to/file/image.jpg')
+
+basewidth = 320
+wpercent = (basewidth / float(photo.size[0]))
+height = int((float(photo.size[1]) * float(wpercent)))
+photo = photo.resize((basewidth, height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
+
+image_io = StringIO.StringIO()
+photo.save(image_io, format='JPEG')
+
+# If you do not seek(0), the image will be at the end of the file and
+# unable to be read
+image_io.seek(0)
+
+t.update_status_with_media(media=photo, status='Check out my edited image!')
+```
+
 ##### Streaming API
 
 ```python
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9e6ec44..0e44426 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,54 @@ and
     except TwythonError as e:
         print e
 
+Posting a Status with an Image
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+::
+    from twython import Twython
+
+    t = Twython(app_key, app_secret,
+                oauth_token, oauth_token_secret)
+
+    # The file key that Twitter expects for updating a status with an image
+    # is 'media', so 'media' will be apart of the params dict.
+
+    # You can pass any object that has a read() function (like a StringIO object)
+    # In case you wanted to resize it first or something!
+
+    photo = open('/path/to/file/image.jpg', 'rb')
+    t.update_status_with_media(media=photo, status='Check out my image!')
+
+Posting a Status with an Editing Image  *(This example resizes an image)*
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+::
+    from twython import Twython
+
+    t = Twython(app_key, app_secret,
+                oauth_token, oauth_token_secret)
+
+    # Like I said in the previous section, you can pass any object that has a
+    # read() method
+
+    # Assume you are working with a JPEG
+
+    from PIL import Image
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+    photo = Image.open('/path/to/file/image.jpg')
+
+    basewidth = 320
+    wpercent = (basewidth / float(photo.size[0]))
+    height = int((float(photo.size[1]) * float(wpercent)))
+    photo = photo.resize((basewidth, height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
+
+    image_io = StringIO.StringIO()
+    photo.save(image_io, format='JPEG')
+
+    # If you do not seek(0), the image will be at the end of the file and
+    # unable to be read
+    image_io.seek(0)
+
+    t.update_status_with_media(media=photo, status='Check out my edited image!')
 
 Streaming API
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/examples/update_profile_image.py b/examples/update_profile_image.py
index 9921f0e..f35d4de 100644
--- a/examples/update_profile_image.py
+++ b/examples/update_profile_image.py
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ from twython import Twython
 
 # Requires Authentication as of Twitter API v1.1
 twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
-twitter.update_profile_image('myImage.png')
+
+avatar = open('myImage.png', 'rb')
+twitter.update_profile_image(image=avatar)